Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912)

Adele Bloch-Bauer II was painted in 1912 by Gustav Klimt. The wife of wealthy industrialist Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, Adele Bloch-Bauer was the only model to be painted twice by Klimt. She was also the subject of the more famous Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Her husband was a big sponsor of the arts, including of Klimt, which probably had some influence on her sitting for Klimt twice.

Both portraits of Adele Bloch-Bauer were part of a protracted court battle in the United States and in Austria which resulted in five Gustav Klimt paintings being returned to Maria Altmann, the niece of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, in January 2006.

In November 2006, Christie's auction house sold "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" at auction for $88 million, the third-highest priced piece of art at auction at the time.